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On Jul 10, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> On Freitag 10 Juli 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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>> My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens |
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>> during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2. |
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>> Often this happens when using firefox, but not exclusively. |
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> sounds like |
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> a) heat |
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> or |
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> b) psu problems |
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> or |
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> c) triple faults. |
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> c) is a lot of time caused by memory problems. One thing causing |
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> memory |
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> problems is a bad psu. |
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> so - in your case - just try a different psu. Ask a friend for one |
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> for a |
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> couple of days. If your problem stays, you have to look elsewhere. |
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I had to RMA my power supply a few weeks ago, it had the same symptoms. |
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Let's just say I'm very satisfied with Thermaltake's RMA policy. |
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Here's a simple test. Boot into BIOS and leave it there. If the |
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power supply |
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cycles, you'll find the machine booted into your OS. This eliminates |
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the OS |
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as a source of the problem. |
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HTH, |
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Roy |
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